Nature conservation across Europe and Central Asia

We believe that people working for nature in their own local patch, connected to others elsewhere, is the key to good conservation. As the UK member of BirdLife, our unique local-to-global approach delivers high-impact and long-term conservation for the benefit of nature and people.

UK species and the threats they face do not recognise borders. That’s why we need to work with other nations across Europe and the EU (UK Sovereign Base Areas in Europe continue to be bound by European law).

EU environmental standards play a key role in conservation outcomes both in the UK, across the EU and globally. We can’t tackle the nature crisis without the BirdLife Europe partnership.

RSPB works closely with partners across the region and with colleagues in the BirdLife Europe and Central Asia Secretariat, based in Brussels. This includes sharing data, knowledge and expertise to get the best results for nature.

We collectively advocate for higher ambition in the UK, across Europe and globally to conserve birds and biodiversity by focusing on species, sites and habitats and ecological sustainability.

We work and collaborate at a European level to ensure we have the right legal, policy and financial frameworks to address the nature and climate emergencies.

Areas we are working on include the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP, European nature restoration, lead poisoning, as well as land use and the marine environment. You can find out more about this work in RSPB’s Global Policy webpages.

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